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In order to facilitate information flow from jurisdictions such as Hong Kong for purposes of tracking cases of money laundering and tax evasion, the government on Thursday notified Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, as specified ...

Just as Nano launch by Tata Motors was being celebrated across the country, it became clear that the small car would become a
double-edged political weapon in the red bastion of West Bengal. CPM on Monday pointed accusing fingers at not just the ...

Fertiliser companies have raised objections to a revised draft agreement drawn up by Reliance Industries Ltd for buying gas from its
Andhra offshore field. The companies have protested against an increase in marketing margin to be levied by the M...

For the first time in India, wholesale sugar prices have dipped below the industry’s cost of production at a time when the output is
far below domestic consumption, 155 lakh tonnes versus 220 lakh tonnes in 2008-09. Plus, the early estimate for t...

Reliance Industries (RIL) may finally get to use the gas it produces. The government is likely to alter the gas utilisation policy to
allow the company to use some of the gas that will start flowing from its D-6 block in Krishna-Godavari (KG) bas...

The market continued to participate in a world-wide bear-market rally. The Nifty closed at 2,807 points for a gain of 4.1 per cent while the Sensex closed up 2.4 per cent at 8,966 points. The Defty shot up by 6.5 per cent as the rupee recovered sh...

Warren Buffet, some years ago, likened them to financial weapons of mass destruction. Developed markets had a fling with them, with mixed
results to show. And now it seems it is India’s turn to experiment with complex financial instruments, as it...

Asserting that both the countries could gain a lot by providing faster market access to drugs and pharmaceuticals, India on Friday impressed upon China for granting market access to 14 fruits and vegetables at the earliest, as the matter had been ...

Capital markets regulator SEBI is of the view that there is a case for extension of trading hours on the stock exchanges, especially in the derivatives segment, and has issued a discussion paper soliciting opinions on the same.

India is staring at deflation, or negative inflation, with the official inflation rate this week falling to 0.44% — the lowest since
1977. Food prices, however, continued to be high, with food grains roughly 9% costlier than a year ago, reinforci...